Ironing-board.



s. J. WEVER,

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1909.

Patented 1160.27, 1910;

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SEBERN J'. WEVEB, OF SHELLER, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBERN J. \Vnvnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Sheller, in the count-y of Jefferson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in laundry appliances, and the invention has for its primary object a simple, durable and efficient construction of ironing board which can be easily attached to the top edge of a table or similar support and project out free from the table or the like, whereby the gowns to be ironed may be easily slipped on and off the board, and held thereon without coming in contact with anything beneath the board.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the inventionconsists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the folhxing' description and accompanying draw ngs, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with parts in section; 3 is an end view; Fig. lis a perspective view of a sleeve board which may be employed; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the main board; and Fig. 6 is a side edge view of the device with the parts folded.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the board proper of my device, the same being tapered at one end in the usual manner, although it is to be understood that it may be of any desired design, as well as size. At its opposite end, the board 1 is formed with two longitudinally extending recesses 2 spaced laterally from each. other, as shown, and to the under face of the board a cleat 3 is secured, one end of the cleat being preferably flush with the recessed end of the board and lying between the said recesses, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The cleat 3 is formed with a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 3, 1909.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 1910. Serial No. 526,018.

transversely extending opening to receive a pintle pin l, said pin also extending through a strut 5. This strutis made of two side bars, as shown, the same embracing the cleat 3 and extending upwardly through the recesses 2. Above its point of connection with the cleat 3, the strut 5 is formed in the rear edges of the side bars with a notch 6, whereby to admit of the edge of a table top or similar support being inserted therein with the recessed edge extending underneath the table top so that any pressure in a downward direction upon the board 1 will serve to tightly clamp the board to the table top.

In order that the device may be applied to table tops of different heights, the strut 5 is provided with an adjustable or extensible foot designed to engage the floor when the device is in an upright position. The shank 8 of the foot 7 extends up between the side bars of the strut 5 and is formed with a longitudinal slot 9, and a clamping bolt 10 passes transversely through the strut 5 and is accommodated in said slot, being provided upon its threaded end with a thumb nut or the like, whereby the foot may be extended to the desired point and then tightly secured in adjusted position.

In order that the device may be particularly adaptcd, for use in ironing the sleeves of garments, the side bars of the strut 5 are connected at their upper ends by a block 11 and just below said block with another block 12, the space between said blocks and the adjoining portion of the side bars of the strut producing a socket in which the tenon 13 of a sleeve board 14- may be slipped.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation of my improved ironing board will be apparent. In the practical use of the device, the foot is extended or retracted to the requisite point according to the height of the particular table or similar support to which the device is to be applied and the edge of the table top for instance slipped into the notches 6 and over the adjacent edge of the board 1, the weight of the board itself and the downward pressure which is exerted thereon in the operation of ironing, only serving to tighten the connection between. the board and its support.

It will be evident that with a board constructed as herein described and shown a skirt 01' other garment can be slipped over the board without the garment coming in contact with anything underneath the board.

It is to be particularly noted that the cleat 3 is of such length in one direction from the pivot pin at that it may engage trictionally with the inner end of the shank 8 when the foot is moved to the inner limit of its movement and the strut 5 is swung to an inoperative position, the strut being thereby frictionally held against the lower face of the ironing board 1 and the parts being secured in folded relation to each other so that the board may be easily carried and hold the strut 5 from falling away from the board 1 at one end.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A device comprising a board formed in one edge with recesses, a cleat secured to the inner faces of the board at the recessed end thereof and extending longitudinally 01 the board between the recesses, a strut embodying side bars which embrace and are pivotally connected at one point to the cleat inter mediate of the ends of the side bars said bars being notched above their point of connection with the cleat, and a foot formed with a shank extending upwardly between the lower ends of said bars and having a longitudinally adjustable connection therewith, the distance between the inner end of the shanli at the inner limit of the adjustment thereof and the pivot pin of the side bars of the strut being substantially equal to the distance between the adjoining end the cleat and said pivot pin, whereby the inner end of said shank may trictionally engage with the adjoining end of the cleat when the parts are in folded relation to each other.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM NowLAND, ALBERT JOHNSON. 

